descriptivist

English

Etymology

descriptive +‎ -ist

Adjective

descriptivist (comparative more descriptivist, superlative most descriptivist)

  1. Subscribing to, or related to, descriptivism.

Noun

descriptivist (plural descriptivists)

  1. Someone who records and describes actual rules regarding language usage, or who believes that linguistic norms should be defined by usage rather than theory.

Derived terms
  • descriptivistic
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